love.
February 1, 2011 | 11:45 AM
曲：明日には笑えるように - サスケ
and so February's here. January passed so fast I couldn't keep track with everything that was coming along.
so there are some things I really love about being in Seattle -
the thrift shops are amazing, you can get basic tees and gym pants for under 3 bucks, and maybe if you dig hard enough you can find clothes you would dare to wear out. the only Mariners tee I found (or rather, Sarah found) had JJ Putz's name at the back, so I didn't get it. >_<
the people walking around in baseball caps and hoodies really do understand the game, not eh-quite-chio-buy-from-pasar-malam kind. The number of people sporting the New York Yankees logo but not knowing its significance is rather low here; in fact, none. Nobody wants to get weird stares for supporting a team all the way on the East Coast that builds its team with money.
during this chinese new year period I realise that being overseas make you hold on to the traditions more. maybe when you're not having your typical new year you feel like you want to keep something close to your heart.
and as I sit here in my XXXL vintage coca-cola teeshirt ($2 at Seattle Goodwill) that I wear to sleep, I realise I do like it that I can go visit the stuff I've been wanting to visit, and do the things I've been wanting to do. And I'm grateful that even though I'll miss Chinese New Year back home, and duagu's (finally) wedding, and
suiyi being back with her angmoh boyfriend, the Singaporean students here have been super awesome. My housemates aside, people like Mingxiu and her wonderful hospitality - the
yusheng, gosh! Tong and Izzat with their cock comments that make me laugh, Wang Hao and Anthea, and how everyone is just nice in general. Back home in NTU I probably would never have met them and continued on with life being perfectly happy, but this is part of being on exchange, and I think I'm embracing it.
and I have no more time to write this cause I got to head for class. Will continue later.
*edit back from a long day, and I have midterms tomorrow.
velda.
